TEAMS YEAR OF TOUR NAME NAT BIRTH VICTORIES APPEARANCES AG2R PREVOYANCE MOREAU Christophe FRA 1971 20 11 ARRIETA José Luis SPA 1971 3 7 CALZATI Sylvain FRA 1979 2 3 FRANCE DEIGNAN Philip IRL 1983 1 0 DESSEL Cyril FRA 1974 5 3 Main sponsor: Provident fund and insurance company DION Renaud FRA 1978 1 0 Address: EUSRL France Cyclisme, Parc d’activités de Côte Rousse, DUMOULIN Samuel FRA 1980 10 4 DUPONT Hubert FRA 1980 0 0 73000 Chambéry le Haut, France ELMIGER Martin •N SWI 1978 6 1 Website: www.ag2r-cyclisme.com GADRET John FRA 1979 0 0 ProTour ranking (end 2006): 15th GERRANS Simon AUS 1980 9 2 2007 budget: ¤7 million GOUBERT Stéphane FRA 1970 0 7 Date of team’s foundation: 2000 KRIVTSOV Yuriy UKR 1979 5 3 Tour record: Eighth appearance, six stage victories LOUBET Julien FRA 1985 0 0 Past stars: Alexandre Botcharov, Andrei Kivilev, Christophe Agnolutto, MANDRI René •N EST 1984 0 0 Laurent Brochard, Jaan Kirsipuu, Francisco Mancebo MANGEL Laurent FRA 1981 1 0 Team manager: Vincent Lavenu MONDORY Lloyd FRA 1982 0 0 NAIBO Carl FRA 1982 3 0 NAVAS David SPA 1974 1 1 NAZON Jean-Patrick FRA 1977 21 4 NOCENTINI Rinaldo •N ITA 1977 10 1 BERNARD HINAULT’S ANALYSIS POULHIES Stéphane FRA 1985 0 0 “Evidently this team has both Cyril Dessel and RIBLON Christophe FRA 1981 1 0 ROUSSEAU Nicolas •N FRA 1983 0 0 Christophe Moreau, who are no doubt dreaming SONNERY Blaise •N FRA 1985 0 0 about doing as well as they did last year. But TURPIN Ludovic FRA 1975 5 4 what did they achieve exactly? The former USOV Alexandre BLR 1977 12 0 finished as the first Frenchman overall in seventh The nine riders for the Tour are selected just before the start. Statistics compiled April 1, 2007. place, the latter was eighth in Paris. If they are happy with that, then so much the better for them. But in cycling I only remember victories. In their place, I would sacrifice the overall standings Leader Climber Sprinter Puncheur Rouleur/Time triallist for a beautiful stage win.” CHRISTOPHE MOREAU •N New signing EQUIPMENT Frame: b’Twin Racing (Décathlon) Groupset: Campagnolo Wheels: Penta (Décathlon) Clothing: b’Twin Racing (Décathlon) 128 TOUR DE FRANCE 2007 TTDF07.ag2rDF07.ag2r 112828 116/5/076/5/07 006:50:296:50:29.